Herrgott, Alphonse

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Name
Herrgott, Alphonse Gender: M
Louis Alphonse Herrgott
born on 22 April 1849 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM )
Place Belfort, France, 47n38, 6e52
Timezone LMT m6e52 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_taucol.18.gif 02°00' s_mo.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 22°01 Asc.s_gemcol.18.gif 13°31'



Alphonse Herrgott

Biography

French physician, gynecologist and obstetrician, and the son of doctor François Herrgott.

After brilliant studies at the Strasbourg Faculty of Medicine where he started his internship, he practised in various Alsatian hospitals. He completed his internship at the Faculty of Medicine in Nancy. His 1874 thesis earned him the Jobert prize of the Academy of Sciences. He became a professor at the Faculty and head of the Departmental School of Birthing. In 1890 he founded the Œuvre de la maternité which promoted breastfeeding. On several occasions he occupied the post of president of the Société médicale de Nancy, and in 1912, that of the Société Obstetricale de France.

He was a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

He died on 11 September 1927 in Paris, aged 78.

Link to Wikipedia biography (French)

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Source Notes

Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Gauquelin.

Categories

  • Family : Childhood : Family noted
  • Vocation : Medical : Physician (Gynaecologist and obstetrician)